Rika Usami explains world champion Kata and the base and mind that creates its foundation. 宇佐美里香が世界選手権かたと心の基盤のベースを説明する！ Available on DVD karate-dvd.sakura.ne.jp/index....
Rika-san's technique is perfect - A joy to watch. I love the way that, even when they try to slow the film down, her actions are still too fast to capture. A simply amazing athlete. Her interviews (not only the one in this video) also reveal that despite her supreme skills, she remains humble and down to earth - In short, she has class as well as power... and she also has one of the most beautiful smiles in the known Universe :)
Rearlly, rearlly absalutuly amazing, and the twats criticising should get their heads out of their arses and look into the mirror, wonderfull amazing discipline, world champion like no other, we love you Rika.
Well...i have 2 go get a new Gi...75yrs old n Rika has me pumped up!!! She is magnificent. Well, if this old lady can even stand in her shadow n move somewhat...i will be thrilled.
Yep she is awesome,.. Love her, her kata work is amazing, great power and speed ,.. is there anymore footage like this of her??.. I've been trying to find, but nothing. :'( She should do more video's like this.
You are just one of a Best Candidate of Inoue Sensei, but the shadow of yours recemble as if you are the Son of Soke Inoue Ha Yoshimi and My Favorite Brother. But still we all are so far from each other. But at least we are happy by seeing our reflections into each other. That's enough... Thank you Sensei.
Very good! This girl is fantastic. Makes me wish I had continued to study Karate after getting discharged from the USAF and coming back home. I was studying Shotokan Karate, and when I got back home, all I could find was Ty Kwan Do. So, after 35 years I decided to look around and found someone teaching Isshinryu. So, even though I am older now, I just started that style. I should have stayed in California and kept studying Shotokan. This newer style holds their hands differently. I want do it the same way I learned before, and it's hard to change, but I'm sure I will make the adjustment.
Its actually a good thing you learn multiple styles, that way, you won't be limited to 'just shotokan' or 'just isshin ryu', for instance, the stances, the kumite, bunkai, kata... so you find urself in a situation where shotokan's strong stances come in good use, u can use that, and isshinryu's speed come in useful, u can use that, so don't give up, it is after all still karate OSS
siaw sharingan thank you for your words of encouragement. You are right, if in a situation that I can adjust with both styles. I intend to continue with this style and get a black-belt, as long as this senei continues teaching. Although, I am older now, I am very healthy and active, so I have many years to study.
senseipatten Thank you senseipatten, for the encouragement. I am working on seisan kata at this time, and making progress. I have to continue to concentrate, when I pull my hands back to my side, not to turn them. If I don't keep my mind on it, they want to turn automatically, the way I was taught in shotokan but, I have noticed that I'm doing better with it. I am making some progress in adjustments.
that kata is amazing and would like to learn that and also want my son to learn it and I am sure the bunkai should be graceful. is there anyway on learning this kata
+Chuck Collins sure why not. Does the body builder know how to fight at all? She is a Kata specialist and not a Kumite fighter so, I have no idea how well she fights. But it if she landed a strong strike to the jaw of this body boulders he would probably go down.
thanks for karate Učit će učenike i učiti studente koji će preneti karate u budućnost, ovako vježbanje i studiranje o karateu postaje večno. Usavršavanje karatea sada, učenik pronalazi vezu između prošlosti,sadašnjosti i budućnosti ove borilačke umjetnosti. -karate će intenzivirati i važnost na mnoge ljude. S Poštovanjem kyoshi sosihan Miroslav J. TODOROVIĆ
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